Stephanie Makes a Scene: A found family novella of small-town reinvention & artistic passion

About the book

At sixty-seven, playwright Stephanie Whittaker isn't looking to find herself; she's looking for the world to finally see her. When the Wigmaq Community Theatre in coastal Nova Scotia agrees to premiere her brilliant reimagining of a Canadian classic, Anne's Odyssey, Stephanie thinks her forty-five year wait for succes ... s is over. But theatre administrator Arlee Antle is hiding a dark secret - and she's perfectly willing to cancel the show and sell a plagiarized, Americanized version of Stephanie's script to keep her own grift alive. Stranded in Landers Cove but refusing to surrender, Stephanie rallies a makeshift family: a handsome, grounded local chef, a fiercely loyal Trinidadian-Canadian volunteer, and a respected Metis elder. Together, they set out to mount Anne's Odyssey in a deconsecrated church. But with a devastating car crash, an exposed money-laundering ring, and a looming intellectual property battle, Stephanie must orchestrate the performance of a lifetime to save her legacy - and realize that her own happily-ever-after is just beginning. read more